"Keep the Peat Logs Burning" January Live Tasting

About...For those of you who do not know what these are about, they run for generally 12+ hours (or in some cases for a couple of weeks) and we all sit down (at various times) to taste a range of whiskies and share our notes and comments on the forum. Have a look in the Live Tasting forum for past events.

They are a great way to meet people on the forum, chat about your experiences and learn something new about the whiskies you have, and we all end up having a good time.

Please feel free to join in and post any comments or tasting notes you have. Tasting notes can be added using the Tasting Note tab on the postings page. (Note, the Age field on the tasting must be a number such as 7,9,10,18)

Re: "Keep the Peat Logs Burning" January Live Tasting

N: Peat, smoke, tar and seaweed. Some lemon and seafood (oysters and mussels). Salt and more peat.P: umm, prettty much the same as the nose. Peat, lemon, and smoke. Tar, seaweed and salt. Big and bold. F: long and powerful. Peat, tar, smoke and mussels/oysters. Brine and just a hint of lemon.

Re: "Keep the Peat Logs Burning" January Live Tasting

Nose: Walnuts, cream and chocolate. Cigar boxes, ginger and creosote. Mossy. Orange and figs. Candied peel. This nose is to die for. Incredible complexity. Palate: Sugar burst and then a smoke explosion. Orange barley sugars and smoke smoke smoke. Incredibly intense, what a ride.Finish: It dissolves into an essay on sweet smoke. Utterly amazing.Comment: There are few things as good as a classy sherry matured Caol Ila. Sadly there are few things as rare too.

Re: "Keep the Peat Logs Burning" January Live Tasting

Nose: Butter toffee and vanilla fudge. Condensed milk and very gentle smoke with a hint of bog myrtle. Stewed apples.Palate: The smoke is much more prominent here as is the fruit, sprinkled with sugar.Finish: Lots of smoke that emerges from the sweetness and builds to a real peat fire.Comment: Very nice elderly peated malt.

Re: "Keep the Peat Logs Burning" January Live Tasting

Nose: Plenty of sweet fudgy notes here, but the fruit is more prominent than it is on the other 30yo. This one is mustier too with a definite hint of bung cloth. More signs of age despite being a whole 5 days younger.Palate: Barley sugars, citrus, stewed apples, but then dust, cardboard and pencils. The wood has got to this one a bit, but its still enjoyable.Finish: Sugar and sizzling kippers. What a great finish.Comment: For the most part this cask has gone a little over the top, but its worth it for the fishy finish.

Re: "Keep the Peat Logs Burning" January Live Tasting

Nose: Lapsang souchong tea, seaweed, dried fish, lemon, cream and vanilla. Really first rate and very complex.Palate: Flavour explosion. A wonderful interplay between the sugars and the smoke with a near perfect injection of sweetened lemon juice. fantastic.Finish: Just keeps on bursting with flavour. sea shells, shellfish and hemp.Comment: Thank you Mr. Armstrong for this genius cask. It's worth searching through them to find gems like this.